Can you use an external hard drive for firewire?

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Jack

Alright here is my question. I film with mini dv tape cameras and need to upload video via firewire however my laptop does not have one. I want to know that if i buy an external hard drive with a firewire port and just plug it into my computer could i get the footage or would it not be compatible?

Answer
If you have a hard drive with firewire, you cannot plug it into your computer as you say you don't have a firewire port. Also buying an external hard drive does not help you get the video off the camera. You should search around for USB videi capture devices with A/V output and connect your camcorder via A/V to it.

what's the difference in a firewire external hard drive and a usb external hard drive?

renzoa80

I want to buy a 1 tb external hard drive. But when i look for one i see that there are several descriptions for them. I see some that say that they are firewire external,usb external, usb ethernet, usb firewire. Can anyone explain what all this is and what the difference is? Which one is better and has faster transfer speed? Which one do you recommend under 120$ ?

Answer
usb, firewire, esata, and ethernet are all ways of connecting your hard drive to your computer. here is the order of speed from slowest to fastest

usb
firewire
ethernet
esata

make sure you have the right ports on your computer to use it. you most likely have usb and ethernet, but esata and firewire are less common.

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